The president’s commission on law-enforcement and administration of justice 
TASK FORCE REPORT: THE POLICE | Office of Justice Programs
— Read on www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/task-force-report-police
See a .PDF of the report here
Tag: Police Crime Fighting
Crime Hot Spots: A Study of New York City Streets in 2010, 2015, and 2020
Recent data in New York City suggest that violent crime is on the rise. However, over the last three decades, there has been a more than 70% decline in index crimes as reported by the FBI.
— Read on www.manhattan-institute.org/weisburd-zastrow-crime-hot-spots
Public Safety on NYC Subways: No Safety in Small Numbers | Manhattan Institute
As the Manhattan Institute reported last summer,[5] the subways were a violence-reduction success story from the early 1990s until 2019. Proactive policing, begun in the 1990s by then–transit police chief William J. Bratton, cut felonies by 15% just in 1991, and felonies underground continued…
— Read on www.manhattan-institute.org/public-safety-nyc-subways-no-safety-small-numbers
NYPD Track Record on Overtime Spending Casts Doubt on Budget Claims – THE CITY
The 1960s Police Beat Algorithm and modern law enforcement surveillance.
The Police Beat Algorithm’s outputs were not so much predictive of future crime as they were self-fulfilling prophesies.
— Read on slate.com/technology/2022/11/police-beat-algorithm-lbj-ibm.html
NOVA | Computers v. Crime | Season 49 | Episode 14 | PBS
COMPSTAT, Intelligence Led-Policing, Social networking, RTM, Hotspots Policing, and Predictive Policing all types of data drive crime and policing.
Is artificial intelligence making policing and courts fairer, or is it increasing bias?
Check out the video here:
Crime Control Plan 2021
Salt Lake City
See the report here:
www.slcpd.com/ass3ts/uploads/2021/01/2021CrimeControlPlan-UPDATED.pdf
Abandoned Cars Cause Crime, Not Just Blight
Abandoned vehicles have long been a problem in Oakland. The city has increased resources and manpower to address not just cars but the illegal activity they encourage.
— Read on www.governing.com/community/abandoned-cars-cause-crime-not-just-blight
UPDATE: SF Mayor London Breed Announces Crime Crackdown; ‘Less Tolerant Of All The Bulls–t That Has Destroyed Our City’ – CBS San Francisco
Is the Mayor ready to improve San Francisco or is this more political rhetoric? Will the police be allowed to do their job and improve the City?
Mayor London Breed launched an emergency police intervention in San Francisco’s crime-ridden Tenderloin neighborhood Tuesday, targeting a pipeline of illegal drugs that has been fueling a surge in gun violence and deadly fentanyl overdoses.
— Read on www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/mayor-breed-orders-crackdown-on-crime-in-san-franciscos-tenderloin-neighborhood/
Why We Don’t Say “Reform the Police” | The Nation
Reforms that leave policing’s core functions in place will not prevent state violence against Black people. To build a better society, we must abolish policing altogether.
— Read on www.thenation.com/article/society/no-more-police-excerpt/
Future of Policing 